The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:15 PM
12:39 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1248
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Nov 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 79.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 12m / -8.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.65° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.03° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.85° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.